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    Kit's Power

    Hiriyu replied to Rock's topic in Model kits

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    Thanks Az! There was for a brief time a skin selection setting at the bottom of the page, right after the boards came back online (about 6 days ago, I reckon). It disappeared after having selected the MW skin.
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    Quick question, regarding skin issues... I currently have the MW skin selected (non-mobile), and can't revert to standard IPB as there is no selection/setting available. The boards are near illegible currently with the MW skin, and I have to logout to be able to read the board. How can I switch back to the stock IPB skin for the time being?
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    Quick update for me too I've got my new system from the last page up and running, and it's truly killer. I received my parts just before I left town on vacation for a couple of weeks, and jumped into the build on my return. This thing just smokes everything I've thrown at it so far (Crysis included)in 1080p, though I haven't put it through its paces in Eyefinity triple-head mode yet due to lack of time. With regard to the debate on my choice of the massive overkill 16GB RAM setup, I've seen a max usage of 38% thus far in triple-head 1080p extended desktop with multiple applications open (Win 7 x64). So, right around 6.5GB usage, more or less. This actually bodes well for me, because I know that it will see heavier future use than I've put it through thus far, and I can't expect Windows applications to be getting any slimmer anytime soon. I'm stoked with the headroom available, coming from my previous 4GB system. An extra $30 well spent, near as I can tell. I ended up using the 64GB SSD I had ordered as a cache drive for the 1TB HDD using Intel's new Z68 RST driver, instead of dedicating it as an OS-only drive. This setup caches regularly used files to the SSD, and gives general disk performance gains on the order of +75% compared to a standard HDD-only setup. The overall performance benefit is somewhat contextual depending on what is being run - regularly used files get cached and can run up to 10x faster than from an HDD, while seldom-used files run strictly off the HDD at normal speeds. It seems a nice medium between management of a small capacity SSD vs. the known performance of an HDD only system, since there is no user management/input required once set up. I did have some teething problems getting it set up though (I can elaborate if anybody wants me to). Next up is triple-head game testing, and then overclocking
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    Frost & Pegg as Thompson & Thompson? Sign me up.
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    Thanks for the constructive criticism folks, it's appreciated My rationale for the large amount of RAM is mostly due to my past system building experiences. I had always gone a bit smaller in RAM capacity (say, 25-50% board/chipset capacity), but always with fairly high-quality specialty dimms for overclocking... Invariably, the latest and greatest specialty dimms have short retail shelf lives, and it becomes very difficult and expensive to match them later down the road, if I need to add more. I've been bouncing off the ceiling of my current 4GB RAM lately, and decided that massive overcompensation was finally due. Besides, what with dicounts/specials factored in, the additional 8GB over what I had been previously considering added only about $30 difference to the system total (the Newegg combo I selected actually reduced the unit price by $45.00!). That's my rationalization, anyway, and I'm sticking with it Az, I had decided on an SSD long before I started picking hardware for this build. I intend to use it strictly as an OS drive. I usually don't store huge amounts of data on any one drive in my main desktop/gaming system anyway (I've got a couple of TB available on my home network already, and have only used about 300GB of 750GB on my current system over the past 4 years). I'm hoping the OS speed boost will be worthwhile. This'll be my first time playing with an SSD, so even if it sucks, I can chalk it up to education. I went ahead and placed my order earlier today, with a couple of small changes to my previous parts list. I went with a little faster 1TB HDD, a slightly less expensive HD6970 model, and a slightly less expensive model of RAM (different only by heat-spreader design). My order as it stands: CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 GPU: PowerColor AX6970 2GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card SSD: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive I should receive my parts Tuesday/Wednesday. I'll update when it's running.
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    Chewie, sent PM. ...And on the same subject, how about a round of everybody's favorite computer-geek game, "Rate my prospective PC build"? My current E8400 rig (overclocked 24/7 at 3.6ghz) is starting to show its age, and it's about time for my tri- or quad-annual new rig build. I currently run Eyefinity in 5670x1080 via an HD5870 1GB, and do some heavy PC gaming and productivity tasks. I already have monitors, a Corsair TX750 PSU, a Coolermaster Centurion V, and optical drives which will be re-used for the new build. New parts will be sourced from the 'egg. My emphasis for this is to upgrade as economically as possible, without compromising unnecessarily... basically a machine I'll be happy with for the next 3-4 years, barring my regular mid-term video upgrades. CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M4A1600C9B GPU: SAPPHIRE 100311-2SR Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity SSD: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Whattya think?
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    That's awesome. Innovative use of the stand! I'll have to do that one up myself.
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    These birds drink HBT. Awesome stuff guys!
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    Yep. Just doing panel lining with acrylic ('cause that's what I have). It's good enough for me, but then again, my standards aren't very high Not done with it yet though.
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    MM, I had a quick look online, and didn't see any one shop carrying all of what you need (punching the faster size directly into google does seem to help though). As Mr. Pi had mentioned earlier, it might not be a bad idea to see if you have any nearby model shops who deal with RC stuff. I expect that I might even be done with all of my assembly requiring screws either tonight or tomorrow night, and I still appear to have some various extras left. You're first on the list if I have anything left that you need. I'll let you know.
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    I won't be using my PE parts, shoot me a PM and see if we can work out a deal I'm just about finished with my kit, about 90% through. Still have the ARMDs to do, need to paint and assemble the bridge unit, and do some decals. I'm keeping mine to a toy-like aesthetic, just doing panel lines and minimal weathering, no mods (I haven't the talent in plastic, unlike most of you guys ) . Lack of certain screws hasn't been much of an issue; I was able to rob some from my RC stash, and worked around others by judicious screw-swapping and gluing of some parts. I will say that the notes from the blog on Yamato's site were helpful and mostly relevant to my own buildup (even broke the exact same screw in the exact same location for the hip slider bar cover despite being aware of the issue, har har). At some point I'll get some pictures and assembly notes posted.
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    Exactly my thoughts too. One of my other hobbies is RC helicopters, and I have a feeling that I can probably scrounge some of the screws from my RC spares. For anything I can't find easily locally, there's always McMaster-Carr supply co. It just would have been nice if the hardware had all been present out of the box - my post was more a cautionary note than a major gripe
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    I received my kit about a week ago, but opened it up for inventory today. Took the blog advice from Yamato's page and started in on hardware inventory first. Looks like I'm short a dozen and a half fasteners according to the manifest in the manual (missing 7pc M2x6 fillister, 4pc M1.8x6 fillister, 1pc M2x5 flathead, 2pc M2x4 flathead). I'm also overstocked on the M2x4 and M2x5 fillister screws by about half a dozen each. I'm an engineer by trade and had checked each fastener with a vernier caliper while sorting, so I'm relatively sure of my piece count being accurate. I checked and double-checked the parts bags for the missing screws to no avail. I'd urge you guys getting your kits ready to follow the blog advice and check your fasteners before going any further. Grrr.
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    Guld Bowman's memory suppression drugs have surfaced: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/drugs.html
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    You can relax or disable the User Account Controls settings via the control panel. See: http://www.petri.co.il/disable-uac-in-windows-7.htm For my money, Win7 is the best thing yet out of Redmond. It takes a bit more tweaking to get everything set up "just the way you want it", but that's only because there are so many more features available and enabled by default compared to previous versions. I've never been enamored of the MS defaults in any Windows version, but if you put the time in on 7 to customize, you'll come out happy with what you've got.
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    Thanks again J. Sorry for the derailment
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    Cool, Jenius, thanks. I thought I had read some years ago that HG had purchased Mospeada essentially lock stock & barrel (precluding any arrangements with Tatsunoko), but I may well be mistaken on that point.
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    Only problem there is that if iirc, HG currently holds the Mospeada license in full, and I don't know that Yamato directly would be allowed to play ball with them. Someone edumacate me if I'm out of date on this please.
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    For Kensei, the only "problem" that I run into with Eyefinity run through displayport adapters is that gamma/color maps can tend to bounce back and forth between my Windows settings and the ATI driver settings... On my configuration (5870 with 3 dvi monitors), I'm only running one monitor via DP adapter (active), and it is that monitor that shifts gamma depending upon which profile I have selected. With enough fiddling, I'm sure I could match my Windows and Catalyst color profiles to where there would be no difference on mode shift, but I'm too lazy to do that when the profiles are just two clicks away anyhow. Grats on the 6990. I've been wanting to use that card in my pending upgrade/rebuild, but have been slacking on pulling the trigger. I haven't really seen much data on how well it works with Eyefinity; hopefully you can be my test-mule on that *edit, don't think you'll see any overall quality loss on any monitors going from displayport on the card to HDMI or DVI, just color profile differences. Or, such is my experience.
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    No problem Peter. Sound has been working in MAME since version .57 or so iirc (several years in other words, I think we're up to version .112 about now). On review, the MAWS data is a little bit out of wack in the history and description, but we know better around here One of the local arcades I frequented here in the LA area back in the late 80s and early '90s actually had this game on location and I played the real thing quite a bit (the arcade in question was the famous Pak-Mann, down the street from Pasadena City College on Colorado Blvd - I'll bet that Gubaba among other locals can remember it fondly). If you need any help with it (erm, *cough*), send me a PM and I'll help get you hooked up
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    http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/set/macross
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    I've only just now seen the movie. Long time fan of the original. Good, not great, but still enjoyable. The high points for me were the original TRON arcade game rebadged as an Encom release in the old Flynn's arcade, accompanied by Journey (very, very cool), and the rest of the audio/soundtrack as a whole... I quite liked the re-use of so many of the original's sound effects (and those from the Tron 2.0 pc game), and of course the great compositions and cameo from Daft Punk. I'm still struck by how much Jeff looks like Lloyd these days
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    Further to Ter Ter's comments in terms of safety, consider the physics of two sub-ton vehicles colliding at speed 'n' as compared to two 2+ ton vehicles colliding at speed 'n'. Which is safer? The only problem with lightweight and (by definition) more efficient smaller vehicles is that they have to share the road with vehicles which are... not.
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    Pro-tip - use Firefox and download and install the 'NoScript' and 'Adblock Plus' addons. Presto, no more unwanted ads, for real.
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